Sydney Pardon Editor (32 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This 1925 copy has been rebound in red cloth boards without the original paper covers. The spine has faded slightly and the rebinding has added mottled red to the paper edges which, in my view, add, rather than detract, from the overall appearance. The 'five Cricketers of the Year photo plate is present. A very good clean and tight copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This 1923 copy has been rebound in brown cloth but the original paper covers are not present. The rebinding appears recent as the covers are bright. The contents are complete and tight, the photo plate of the Five Cricketers of the Year being present. A previous owner, prior to the rebinding, has hand typed a title page and there is evidence that this might have been inserted by Southern Booksellers (Charlie Steggles, for those with long memories) as there is a piece attached which seems to be instructions to the binder. Overall, a near fine copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This 1922 edition has been rebound in brown cloth boards, retaining the original paper cover, but not the rear cover. the rebinding appears quite recent, as the cover is clean and bright. The contents are tight and the photo plate of the ' Five Cricketers of the Year is present.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This copy has been rebound in light brown cloth covers, retaining the original paper wrappers. The rebinding looks quite recent as the covers are remarkably clean and bright. Contents are complete, with photo plate present - very clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This 1921 edition has been rebound in dark brown boards, retaining the original paper covers. The rebinding appears quite recent, as the boards are clean and bright. The contents are complete and tight. There were no 'Five Cricketers of the Year' in 1921, the photo plate being of 'Plum' Warner who had just retired from playing.…

[Cricket] ORIGINAL ALMANACK. Duodecimo (17 x 12cm), pp.216; 550. With a photographic plate featuring portraits of H. K. Foster, A. Hartley, W. C. Smith, F. E. Woolley and C. B. Llewellyn. Recently rebound in brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original browned paper covers pasted in to prelims and at rear. A large green ink stain to fore-edge and text of pp.328-58. Some loss to final leaf. Toned throughout, with some wear to edges and original covers. Presented in an attractive new hardcover binding. Good.…

[Cricket] ORIGINAL ALMANACK. Duodecimo (17 x 12cm), pp.212; 536. With a photographic plate featuring portraits of W. Bardsley, V. Ransford, S. F. Barnes, D. W. Carr and A. P. Day. Recently rebound in brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Lacks original covers and the first leaf of advertisements to preliminaries. Toned to edges, with some thumbing and light chipping to preliminary leaves, otherwise internally clean. Very good.…

[Cricket] ORIGINAL ALMANACK. Duodecimo (17 x 12cm), pp.clxxviii; 510; [38]. With a photographic plate featuring portraits of J. N. Crawford, E. G. Hayes, K. L. Hutchings, N. A. Knox and A. Fielder. Recently rebound in brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original browned paper cover at rear, but lacking front cover. Toned to edges. Archival tape repairs to pp.xxix-xxxii, otherwise internally clean, with a little thumbing and chipping to preliminary leaf edges. Good. …

Softcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Lacking the front cover (pages 1-2). First leaf of advertisements detached with 15mm chip to blank corner. Rear cover detached. Fragments only of paper spine remaining.; Fifty-Fourth Edition. (3)-(352) pages including rear cover. Lacking front cover (pages 1-2). Page dimensions: 163 x 100mm. Sport, cricket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Rebound in brown cloth with gilt lettering, ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 543 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 606 pages including adverts from page 1 and in the early and later pages. + the mounted photo of John Wisden (this the Jubilee Edition issue) with tissue guard still intact and with recollections of his life and cricket achievements. Rebound in modern medium brown cloth, gilt titles on the spine, done and probably re-bound in the 1950's. Good+ to VG+.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 510 pages + 178 pages of adverts and prelims with the mounted photo of the 5 Cricketers of the Year by E. Hawkins of Brighton, complete with tissue guard and in lovely bright condition, back board advertising Pears soap bound in at rear, contents very clean, no facsimile pages. re-bound in 1920's period blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine, small closed split started at head of the spine, otherwise all very good.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Forty First Edition. Containing full scores and bowling analyses of the chief matches played in 1903: County, University, Public School, and First Class averages. Case bound in brown cloth by Foyles. 492pp, starts at title page, lacks portraits.

[Cricket] ORIGINAL ALMANACK. Duodecimo (18 x 12cm), pp.lxxviii; 398. With a photographic plate featuring portraits of A.C. Maclaren, C.B. Fry, W. Brockwell, J.T. Brown, and T. Hayward. Recently rebound in brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Lacks the original paper covers. Toned throughout, with a uniform tear to top left corner of pp.369-84. Presented in an attractive new hardcover binding. Good.…

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Lacking paper spine except for a flaky fragment in middle of spine. Some foxing to covers.; Fifty-Fifth Edition. (340) pages (including covers) + 1 plate. Page dimensions: 161 x 102mm. Sport, cricket.

Book Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. John Wisden & Co., 1912. 1st Edition . Good/No Jacket. In original paper wraps, some wear and rubbing, old sellotape marking to head and tail of spine. PO's name and date to front cover and stamp to bottom of same. PO's name and date to top of contents page and stamp to top of page 37, ink spot to edge of text-block. Spine browned and paper cracked along edges. Portrait plate present. 567pp. Overall, a good example of this fragile item.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Forty-sixth Edition. Containing full scores and bowling analyses of the chief matches played in 1908. County, University, Public School, and First Class averages. Portraits of J.B.Hobbs, A.Marshall, Lord Hawke, W.Brearley and J.T.Newstead. The MCC's team in Australia. 562pp. Casebound in brown cloth by Foyles. Starts at the title page. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Forty-fifth Edition. Containing full scores and bowling analyses of the chief matches played in 1907. South African, County, University, Public School and First Class averages. Portraits of T.Wass, A.Hallam, F.A.Tarrant, R.O.Schwarz and A.E.Vogler. 546pp. Casebound in brown cloth, probably by Foyles. Starts at title page. Some marginalia to pp. 12,13,14.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. cover chipped several loose sections. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 674pp, illustrated, original card covers, respined , nice tight copy; Small 8vo.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very nice firm and complete copy of this rare, 1916, mid-First World War edition.Although the spine seems to be intact, the copy has had a brown reinforcing strip added which could perhaps be removed. Lord Harris' s tribute to the late W. G. Grace (1848-1915) also has full statistics of Mr Grace's career on the cricket field.…

Collection of match reports and results, purporting to be ' A Correct Record of the Matches played between Eton, Harrow and Winchester.' Covers matches from 1805 to 1897. 1st edition. small 8vo. 170pp. Remarkably good condition. Rebound in cloth without original wrappers and early adverts pages. Contents are very good. The front endpaper has a presentation inscription: "F.A. Bosanquet - given him by E.C. Austen-Leigh." The two were contemporaries at Eton and Cambridge in the 1850s, both playng in the King's College XI. …

Forty-fourth edition. Original rear wrapper with facsimile front wrapper and spine. Light foxing to edges of page block. Contents are good.

Willows reprint (2002) of the 53rd edition. Light brown cloth boards, gilt titles to spine and front cover. No. 497 of a limited edition of 1000 numbered copies. Fine condition.

Forty-seventh edition. Rebound in quarter brown leather over mid-brown boards with original wrappers preserved in good condition. Ink name to top of front wrapper. A very good copy.

Willows reprint (2000) of the 45th edition. Facsimile hardback edition (dark brown cloth) with gilt titles to front and spine. No. 462 of a limited edition of 500 numbered copies. A very good copy.

Forty-seventh edition. Original paper wrappers. About one third of paper to spine chipped away. Original owner's name to front. Good condition.

Forty-ninth edition. Original paper wrappers with some small chips to spine. Front wrapper is loose from binding. Bookplate to inside of front cover. Good condition.

Fifty-first edition. Original paper wrappers. Top portion of spine chipped away but wrappers are still very good. Splitting to top section of spine at the front. Internally very good.

Forty-fifth edition. Original printed wrappers, slightly rubbed. Spine cracked with small paper loss. Contents are very good.